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23Apr0. Pro Talks: Interview with a Graphic Designer and Illustrator Yulia Sokolova. Yulia Sokolova is a talented CG-artist, graphic designer, and the author of dozens of inspiring and helpful tutorials. Yulia has worked for companies like Envato, Disney, and Ask.fm.

You’ve probably seen this interesting effect of two or more overlapping photos on the covers of music albums, in modern magazines and in advertisements. In this tutorial we’ll create a trendy double exposure effect in Adobe Photoshop with the help of Blending Modes and Clipping Masks in a few steps. Let’s do it! | Difficulty: Intermediate; Length: Quick; Tags: Photo Manipulation, Adobe Photoshop, Photo Effects, Double Exposure, Clipping Mask

Nature is the most inexhaustible source of inspiration! Follow me in this tutorial and let’s make a dedication to the beauty of nature by painting a lovely cartoon landscape in Adobe Photoshop, using default brushes with textured edges, creating a pastel drawing effect. We’ll start with a blank page and go through the full process of creating our sketch, enlivening it with colors, and filling our artwork with details. Let’s get started! | Difficu...

Ahoy, mateys! In this tutorial we will learn how to draw a stylized flat portrait of a funny captain, using basic shapes, warp effects and some custom brushes and textures. Get ready and hoist the sails! | Difficulty: Intermediate; Length: Medium; Tags: Portrait, Adobe Illustrator, Illustration, Vector, Cartoon

Wanna know how to make a whimsy seamless pattern without using a graphic tablet? All you need is a pen and a sketchbook! Check out my new tutorial at Tuts+ and learn how to Create a Tea Party Seamless Pattern From a Sketch in Adobe Illustrator

In this tutorial you will learn how to make a detailed seamless pattern without using a graphic tablet. Arm yourself with your paper sketchbook and a pen or an ink liner to create a set of elements for your seamless pattern. Then we’ll go through the process of turning our image into vector shapes, coloring them in Adobe Illustrator, and combining them into a colorful and whimsical pattern. Let’s get started! | Difficulty: Intermediate; Length: M...

In this tutorial we’re going to create a stylish retro logotype and place it on a blurred background made from a photo right in Adobe Illustrator. We’ll be using some basic shapes and effects and working with Gradient Mesh to turn our photo into a defocused background. Let’s get started! | Difficulty: Beginner; Length: Quick; Tags: Logo Design, Vector, Adobe Illustrator, Graphic Design, Gradient Mesh Tool

Spring is in the air! Can you already feel it? Join me and get in a warm and sunny mood while drawing this vivid floral illustration of a girl surrounded with gentle flowers and fresh green foliage. Follow through a calming process of digital painting, using the Lasso Tool and standard Photoshop brushes, creating a textured effect. Let's start! | Difficulty: Intermediate; Length: Medium; Tags: Illustration, Digital Painting, Adobe Photoshop, Port...

Woot! Some more recent stuff from me at Tuts+ - Crazy Sticker Bombing Seamless Pattern made in Adobe Illustrator. Follow this tutorial to create a set of fancy vector characters and use them to build a bright overlapping pattern

By the way, I'm really proud of those guys and girls posting awesome results in comments! Way to go!

Are you ready to twist your mind and create a super-bright and playful seamless pattern with crazy characters? In this tutorial we’ll go through the entire process of developing a sticker bombing stylish pattern, rendering every character with basic shapes and Warp Effects and then gathering the created elements into a fancy overlapping texture with the help of the Pattern Tool. Let’s get started! | Difficulty: Intermediate; Length: Medium; Tags:...

Ever wanted to feel like an architect and create a model of a city with fancy buildings? This tutorial is exactly for you! Learn how to make trendy flat style houses with basic shapes, Pathfinder operations and the Shape Builder Tool, change color saturation and brightness in a few clicks with the Recolor Artwork function, and make up your own color schemes. | Difficulty: Intermediate; Length: Medium; Tags: Illustration, Vector, Adobe Illustrator...

The items we are going to create in this tutorial are well known and recognized by everyone who loves movies as much as I do! Let’s go through an exciting process and challenge ourselves by composing a shiny and glamorous cinema poster. | Difficulty: Intermediate; Length: Medium; Tags: Illustration, Adobe Illustrator, Vector, Poster Design, Graphic Design, Print Design, Vibrant

YuLia Sokolova (aka Yuzach) is a CG-artist and graphic designer from a small Russian town Ozersk. She can't imagine her life without drawing. She likes fairytale and dark fantasy styles of art as well as retro and sketch-style illustrations.

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artist, illustrator, designer

Education

South Ural State University

Linguist, 2005 - 2010

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Gender

Female

Other names

Yuzach

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